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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The benefit of the uninitiated.
(b) The furthering of the status quo.
(c) The greater good.
(d) A personal agenda.

2. When do 7-7 sumo wrestlers begin losing matches most often?
(a) When allegations of cheating are made.
(b) When they are wrestling friends or mentors.
(c) When a league official is present.
(d) When they near the age of retirement.

3. Which of the following is not a public figure that the author mentions as a wealthy man purchasing public office?
(a) Mike Bloomberg.
(b) Ross Perot.
(c) Jon Corzine.
(d) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

4. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?
(a) Patience.
(b) Money.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Forgiveness.

5. According to Levitt, because something is correlated to something else does not imply what type of relationship between them?
(a) Porportional.
(b) Inverse.
(c) Symbiotic.
(d) Causal

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

2. The amount of money spent on every season's election campaigns is the same as the amount spent by Americans yearly on what?

3. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?

4. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?

5. What do obstetricians in lower birth-rate areas do more often?

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